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Women’s History Month Highlights on WFMT

March music highlights to honor Women’s History Month.

Adela SkowronskiJuly 14, 2022

Bramwell Tovey, conductor and composer, dies at 69

WFMTJuly 11, 2022

Pianist Stewart Goodyear on the Magic of Music

Adela Skowronski

Playlist: Classical Music To Dance To

a green Christmas tree leans through an open red door

Playlist: Modern Music for Holiday Merriment

Adela SkowronskiDecember 12, 2023

From totally fresh arrangements of old tunes to new winter works altogether.

Now Adored, It Took 200 Years for Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos to Hit Their Stride. Here’s Why.

Keegan MorrisDecember 11, 2023

A job application, an overwhelmed orchestra, and a remarkable true story behind one of classical music's best loved works.

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Manufacturers struggle to keep pace with vinyl record demand

Associated PressJune 24, 2022

The Recording Industry Association of America says record album sales grew a whopping 61% last year — and reached $1 billion for the first time since the 1980s.

John Williams, 90, steps away from film, but not music

Associated PressJune 23, 2022

Williams says the fifth Indiana Jones film will probably be his last film. He'll spend most of his time to writing concert pieces.

James Rado, who co-created groundbreaking ‘Hair,’ dies at 90

Associated PressJune 22, 2022

Hair, which has story and lyrics by Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, was the first rock musical on Broadway, the first Broadway show to feature full nudity and the first to feature a same-sex kiss.

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